Plow.



H. & F. RUWER.

PLOW. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29,1910.

996,145; Patent d June 27, 1911 TH: NORRIS Fsnsns co., WASHING70N. n.

HEINRICH RowEB AND FRITZ RowER, or BLENDER, GERMANY.

PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J line 27, 1911;

Application filed September 29, 1910. Serial No. 584,539.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HEINRICH Rownn and FRITZ Rowan, both subjects ofthe Emperor of Germany, and residents of Blender, Province of Hanover,Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

The present invention relates to weed guides for plows or the like, andis adapted to be secured to the plow structure in such a manner that theweeds, stalks or the like located in the path of the plow will notbecome lodged in front of the plow, and thus avoid their being carriedthereby during the plowing.

The objects of our invention are therefore, to provide a means whichwill contribute to the ease of plowing by disposing of the stalks, etc.,before the plow share reaches them and guiding them to the furrow sideof the plow where they are intermingled with the soil upturned by themold board. This latter feature is very desirable when the stalks ormatter are to act as a fertilizer to the soil. We accomplish theseobjects by so shaping the weed guide, and securing it to the plowstructure in such a manner that the weeds, stalks and the like disturbedby the forward end of the device, will be guided therefrom to a positionwhere the soil turned by the mold board will throw it to the furrow sideof the plow.

In the accompanying drawong forming a part of this specification,Figure1 is a perspective view showing a weed guide, embodying our invention,attached to the beam of a plow. Fig. 2 is a perspective view in which aweed guide, embodying our invention, is secured to the upper rearportion of the mold board. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the weed guideshown in Fig. 1, and its position with respect to the plow beam. Fig.4.- is a similar view of the weed guide shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is aview similar to Fig. 3 but showing the forward end of the device insection.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, A represents a plow having the usual beam 01 and moldboard 6.

With reference to Fig. 1, a weed guide I) is secured to the plow beam dat 0. Any suitable means may be utilized to secure the guide I) to theplow structure. At the forward end of the guide, and in front of and inalinement with the plow share is a cutting or disturbing member at,having an inclined guiding surface extending rearwardly from the frontthereof. It will be seen that a portion 6*, of the guide I), is securedto the member a, near the edge of the latter pro-' truding in thedirection of the furrow side of the plow and in such a manner that itwill not act as a lodging place for weeds, straw, etc. This may beaccomplished by forming a seat or recess a, in the arm 7), into which apart of the rear portion of the member a, fits, as shown in Fig. 5, andsecured thereto by any suitable means such as rivets or bolts.

As shown in Fig. 1, the upper portion of the weed guide Z2, as indicatedat b,is curved from its point of connection with the plow beam cl, inthe direction of the furrow side of the plow, and then downwardly, asindicated at 72 to a curved portion 5 At this point the arm is formed tolie in substantially a horizontal plane, as indicated at 6 extending ina direction of the front of a plow. This portion 6*, is also bentinwardly, bringing the member a, connected thereto, in front of and inline with the front edge of the mold board.

In Fig. 2, the weed guide I), is connected to the rear upward portion ofthe mold board from which it projects toward the front of the plow anddownwardly to the curved portion 6 from which it assumes the same shapeand relative position as that described in connection with Fig. 1. Inboth cases, the weed guide is so constructed and connected to the plowstructure that the curved portion 79 is in the path of the upturningsoil of the mold board, from which it will be seen that in operation theweeds, straw, stalks or the like, disturbed or uprooted by the member a,will slide along the weed guide port-ion Z), until it reaches the curvedportion 5 where it will stop owing to the steep incline of the portion 6and will here be thrown from the device by the upturned soil from themold board 6. Thus the soil broken by the plow is utilized to remove theweeds, etc., from the weed guide and deposit them in the furrow made bythe plow.

What we claim is:

In combination with a plow structure having a plow beam, mold board andplow share, of a weed guide therefor comprising a cutting member, havingan inclined guiding surface, disposed in advance of and in alinementwith the said plow share and adapted to dislocate weeds, stalks, and thelike, in the path thereof, a guide member extending rearwardly from, andas a continuation of the said guiding surface of said cutting member, insubstantially a horizontal plane and extending diagonally and outwardlyin the direction of the furrow side of the plow, an upturned portiontherefrom overhanging the soil upturned by the said mold board inengaging proximity with the tially as and for the purpose set forth. 15

In testimony whereof we aifix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

HEINRICH RowER. FRITZ RowER.

Witnesses OTTO RoHLK, THEODOR FRANKE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, 7

Washington, I). G.

